Replication files for: "The Limits of Informational Capacity: Evidence from the French Napoleonic Cadaster"
Anne Degrave
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Software used:  
R version 4.2.2 (2022-10-31 ucrt)
Stata 17

To create tables and figures, you need to create the following folders: "figures", "tables", and "stata outputs".
See appendix section 1 for more information on the variables.

1. Commune level (long run analysis)
Long run impact of the centralized cadaster on local communal taxation 
Data: 
data_longrun_commune.RData: commune-level cross-sectional data
data_nordcasestudy.RData: land tax in communes from the Nord department between 1807 and 1815
Code: analysis_longrun.R

2. Canton level 
Impact of the cadaster on public works and communal land 
Data: data_canton.RData and .dta : canton-year panel; contains data on the timing of the Napoleonic cadaster for each canton (variable "mindateref" corresponds to the year the first maps are produced in a canton)
Code: analysis_canton.R and did_canton.do

3. Department level
Impact of the cadaster on a) land tax b) tax coercion c) tax collectors 
Data: data_dep.RData and .dta : department-year panel; contains data on the land tax, tax coercion, and tax collectors
Code: analysis_dep.R and did_dep.do

4. Other data: 
- admingeo1808.RData : administrative geography (department, arrondissement, cantons) as of 1808
- maps_cadaster.RData: departments, cantons, border used for the spatial RD analysis
- budget-1800-1880.xlsx: budget data from Charles Nicolas "Les budgets de la France depuis le commencement du XIXe siècle: Tableaux budgétaires", 1882.
